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Mrs. Howell has a problem

I wish my cat would lay on me for hours. She'll play with you all day, but if you pick her up, she wants to leave after 10 seconds. The only time she ever lays near or on us voluntarily is when she's scared (washing machine, fireworks, or thunder). She follows us everywhere though. She's one of those "just out of arm's reach" cats.

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I wish our politicians were this interesting

Gay German politician, Spahn, recently resigned after announcing that he and his husband had a baby via a surrogate mother from the USA.

Why? Just a few years ago he supported legislation that made surrogate motherhood illegal in Germany. (Technically, using a surrogate mother from another country wasn't illegal, but the whole point of the law was his party of Christian values said it was immoral.)

Not really sure what he thought would happen.

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Is it just the norm now-a-days for grocery stores to have lots of stuff on the shelves that's past the best-by date?

Insight from someone who used to work in retail. Also, my husband currently works at a grocery store. In fact, he regularly gets asked to travel to other locations to find and discard out of date food.

There are two main factors to food on shelves being in date:

  1. It needs to be stocked properly. That is to say, old stuff needs to be pulled to the front, and new stuff needs to be put behind it. It's worth noting here that the correct way is more difficult than the easy way (just putting new stuff in front).

  2. You need employees to regularly check items on the shelves to ensure they are still in date.

And that's really it. You're noticing more out of date stuff, because every major retail store in the country is cutting staff to save money. You cut staff, and what you are left with is fewer employees who aren't as well trained. They cut corners while stocking, and they do not have enough time to properly check dates later either.

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Are products "for curly hair" supposed to straighten hair, make them more curly, or just formulated not to effect the curl at all?

Products for curly hair are designed to minimize the negative effects of curls (such as frizzyness) while attempting to accentuate the curl.

I don't think I've ever seen a product for straight hair other than maybe a straightening iron (and mists, etc. designed to be used before/after ironing), which does indeed iron your hair in an attempt to make it straighter. Edit: straightening your hair with an iron only lasts until you wash it again (or it gets wet by other means, including heavy humidity).

There are two exceptions to this: a permanent ("perm") solution does actually make your hair more curly. Despite being called permanent, it only lasts a few weeks or months. The opposite of this is called a hair relaxer. It'll make your hair more straight for a similar amount of time. Both of these are more harsh chemicals, and people generally go to a salon to get them done professionally. There are also home versions sold.

In summary, read the entire package before you use it on your hair.

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Picky eaters of Lemmy: Why?

I'm a picky eater, but it's mostly because of texture-related issues. (However, I am also picky about flavors.) Wrong textures make me want to gag. I don't actually gag, because I've learned to suppress it.

I have no problem trying new things. I just often immediately hate the new things. However, I will try it again after enough time had passed. Sometimes, it will be prepared differently enough to be appetizing. Other times, I will start to like a flavor that I once hated. I have never had my texture preferences change.

Which texture do I hate? I call it the "wrong kind of mushy." It's hard to explain, because I do like some mushy foods. Mashed, baked, or boiled potatoes? Almost always gag inducing. Oatmeal? Wonderful. Hiding small amount of wrong mushy foods among foods with a better texture sometimes helps, but only if I like the flavor despite the mush.

Edit to add: I hate onions with a burning passion. Every way except powdered. Onions induce the strongest gag reflex, and many people think I'm weird for hating onions. I've come to hate the flavor of (anything but powdered) onion by association, so I often can't eat foods that once had onion in them even after being completely removed.

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Lmao they aren't alienating themself from the majority of their members at all. You know which churches have women pastors? The same ones that let queers in and talk about "accepting" people.

I grew up going to a Southern Baptist church. This decision will not be unpopular.

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GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay

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I use eBay. I've been using it for years. I perhaps put more effort into it than other people, as I check out every seller before purchasing. And I never buy from outside the US.

I've only had a couple bad experiences - like the time I ordered an encyclopedia and received a single volume or the time I got a flash drive that didn't work (pretty good failure rate, considering I've been using eBay since 2013ish) - both times I got to keep the (mostly useless) item and I got a refund.

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Redditor turns Android phone into a desktop PC in a stroke of genius, sandwiching it between two huge CPU coolers so it runs Witcher 3 at 1080p ultra

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It's worth noting that Valve is working on this very thing with their "Steam Frame," and so support for this is likely going to expand in the future.

But, you can try it for yourself right now. GameNative is free and it works pretty well. Clearly, not every phone is powerful enough to play Witcher 3, though.

My phone is just a mid-grade Moto G Stylus 5G 2024, but I was able to get small games like Megabonk and Placid Plastic Duck Simulator running just fine.

I will note that I had to change the container -> graphics -> graphics driver setting to "system" in order to have it work.

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One bill

As a bear with a twink husband, I am handed the bill about 95% of the time. We do both giggle about it (to each other) every time it happens the other way, though.

For what it's worth, we take turns actually paying.